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Law::
next of kin (plural unchanged) ( : The term next of kin is used with two meanings, (1) nearest blooded relations according to law of consanguinity and (2) those entitled to take under statutory distribution of intestate’s succession, and term is not necessarily confined to relatives by blood, but may include a relationship existing by reason of marriage, and may well embrace persons, who in natural sense of word, and in contemplation of Roman law, bear no relation of kinship at all. H. C. Black)
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